Marcel Marceau was a French mime artist and actor most famous for his stage persona, "Bip the Clown". He referred to mime as the "art of silence", performing professionally worldwide for more than 60 years.
Marceau in 1971
Marceau as Bip the Clown in 1974
Marceau in 1974
Marceau in 1962
A mime artist, or simply mime, is a person who uses mime, the acting out of a story through body motions without the use of speech, as a theatrical medium or as a performance art. In earlier times, in English, such a performer would typically be referred to as a mummer. Miming is distinguished from silent comedy, in which the artist is a character in a film or skit without sound.
Mime artists Jean Soubeyran and Brigitte Soubeyran in 1950
A Dog's Life (1918), Charlie Chaplin
Whitefaced mime on Boston Common in 1980